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RBT CognitiveProcesses Knowledge Definitions PDF
RBT CognitiveProcesses Knowledge Definitions PDF
RBT CognitiveProcesses Knowledge Definitions PDF
A. Factual Knowledge -
The basic elements
students must know to be
acquainted with a
discipline or solve
problems in the discipline.
B. Conceptual
Knowledge - The
interrelationships among
the basic elements within
a larger structure that
enable them to function
together.
C. Procedural
Knowledge - How to do
something, methods of
inquiry, and criteria for
using skills, algorithms,
techniques, and methods.
D. Meta-Cognitive -
Knowledge of cognition in
general as well as
awareness and knowledge
of one’s own cognition.
Source: Anderson, L.W., Krathwohl, D.R., eds. (2001). A taxonomy for learning, teaching, and assessing: a revision of Bloom’s taxonomy of educational objectives; abridged edition. NY: Addison
Wesley Longman, Inc.
North Carolina Department of Public Instruction 2011-2012
The Cognitive Process Dimension Categories:
Revised Bloom’s Taxonomy
Remember – retrieve Understand – Construct Apply – Analyze – Evaluate – Create –
relevant knowledge from meaning from instructional Carry out or use a Break material into its Make judgments based on Put elements together to
long-term memory messages, including oral, procedure in a given constituent parts and criteria and standards form a coherent or
written, and graphic situation determine how the parts functional whole;
communication relate to one another and to reorganize elements into a
an overall structure or new pattern or structure
purpose
Inferring
Concluding
Extrapolating
Interpolating
Predicting
Definition/Example: Drawing
a logical conclusion from
presented information (e.g.,
In learning a foreign language,
infer grammatical principles
with examples).
Comparing
Contrasting
Mapping
Matching
Definition/Example: Detecting
correspondences between
two ideas, objects, and the
like (e.g., Compare historical
events to contemporary
situations).
Explaining
Constructing
(models)
Definition/Example:
Constructing a cause-and-
effect model of a system (e.g.,
explain the causes of
th
important 18 Century events
in France).
Source: Anderson, L.W., Krathwohl, D.R., eds. (2001). A taxonomy for learning, teaching, and assessing: a revision of Bloom’s taxonomy of educational objectives; abridged edition. NY: Addison
Wesley Longman, Inc.
North Carolina Department of Public Instruction 2011-2012
Source: Anderson, L.W., Krathwohl, D.R., eds. (2001). A taxonomy for learning, teaching, and assessing: a revision of Bloom’s taxonomy of educational objectives; abridged edition. NY: Addison
Wesley Longman, Inc.